just to say as well, and this does come off a bit tinfoil hat territory, but you know how the fixture list was considered to be a bit...fecked... first half of the season.
i'm convinced this was done on purposed so all the wire wigan, wire saints, saints wigan and other games were kept away from the start of the season, and wouldn't be affected by the horrendous cards and suspensions that were inevitably handedout in the new system, and relative normality would return going into the business end of the season.